NGC 3267
NGC 3267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3267 as it looked roughly 174 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3271Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 3269Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3269Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral18 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).